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Originally Posted by blueash
You do not understand white privilege. It says absolutely nothing about white people being bad or reparations. It says nothing about ethics or civilization or the attorney general (did you know he is a Black man?) White privilege is the fact that if you are white our culture our cops our schools our juries in an unconscious manner give you an advantage which you would not be given if you were black. It means that if identical papers are given to a teacher to be graded and one is written by Susan and one by Shenequa that the paper by Susan which is no different at all, is likely to get a higher grade. Similarly studies of job applications have shown that resumes which have minority names result in fewer interviews
Employers' Replies to Racial Names
If you don't think driving while black is a real thing, The Statistical Analysis
or shopping while black see none other than Cond. Rice complain about it
A reader's guide to Condoleezza Rice: An American Life.
White privilege is real and gives a real advantage. Tall people are socially advantaged, attractive people are socially advantaged, non-obese people are socially advantaged. It has nothing to do with guilt or Jesse Jackson. It has to do with how every day being black makes life a little harder and why maybe after generations of that kind of engrained cultural bias might just make a black person more likely to get upset at the next traffic stop, or cop encounter, or salesperson following her around in a store. It does, if you're able to look at why, help to explain why when pushed hard enough black communities may push back. No I don't believe rioting is the answer and you should understand that such activity was by a tiny fraction of those involved in the Ferguson protests, and it was vigorously criticized by Sharpton
The civil rights activist, speaking at a rally Sunday afternoon in Ferguson, Mo., also urged people who are protesting the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown to remain peaceful in their actions.
“Some are angry and out of control. And others are taking advantage of it. And don’t take advantage of their child,” said Sharpton, referring to Brown’s parents. Don’t loot in Michael’s name,” he added. “We are not looters, we’re liberators. We are not burners. We are builders.”
And Jesse Jackson:
Jackson urged the crowd to continue protesting but to avoid violence."You can reshape an iron while it's hot, but don't destroy yourself in the process. Don't self-destruct," Jackson said.
But go ahead everyone, just hate on Sharpton and Jackson as agitators and ignore what they actually say. They lead the peaceful protestors including plenty of middle class looking (I know stereotype) and white protestors.
Clergy and activists help Ferguson protests remain calm |
Actually, I undertand the concept quite well that's emerged in academia over the years, and why it emerged. More importantly I understand the progessive ideology from which it truly stems. I already gave a succint summary of the practical definition so won't repeat it here.
As far as Jackson and Sharpton go, I look at their actions not just their words. Talk is cheap ... actions and results are what matter. They have perfected the art of race hustling ... I will give them credit for that. The race hustlers make it worse. What they really do is exploit the underclass who are essentially ignorant of why they are in the condition they are. Ben Carson, by contrast, worked his way up from nothing. He deserves our respect. Do you agree with that?
It's also inapprorpate for someone when discussing this to simply bring out the rehtroical device of saying 'just go on hating" etc because that's used to silence the oppositoin. I don't think that's going to work anymore.
I also asked you a question about what you would do to deal with a mob.
..." if a mob loots stores (no matter the reason), and especially if they use firearms to shoot their way into stores (as happened in at least one instance in Ferguson), the Police or National Guard should use their rifles to disperse the crowd. 1st volley is rubber bullets. If that doesn't work, then reload with real bullets. What, out of curiosity, would you do to control a mob that was getting ready to attack loot and destroy your lifetime of work ... ie business?"
Please respond.